SUMMARY
This is a must-win for Port Adelaide if they are to play finals in 2016. Essendon is the only visitor not to have beaten the Freo Dockers at Domain Stadium this season and Port won a final at the venue two years ago. Fremantle have found some form recently, albeit against two clubs that are struggling. Fremantle will receive an added boost with the return of Matthew Pavlich. They should have an advantage in the ruck given Port have been using Jackson Trengove but Zac Clarke's form has been patchy this year. The Power's running brigade led by Travis Boak, Robbie Gray and Ollie Wines will be a handful for a relatively young and inexperienced Fremantle Dockers midfield group.
Foundation Round
WHERE AND WHEN: Domain Stadium, Saturday 18 June, 2.35pm AWST
TV AND RADIO: Click here for broadcast guide
LAST FIVE TIMES
R23, 2015, Port Adelaide 18.14 (122) d Fremantle 8.5 (53) at Adelaide Oval
R1, 2015, Fremantle 11.9 (75) d Port Adelaide 10.8 (68) at Domain Stadium
1SF, 2014, Port Adelaide 15.15 (105) d Fremantle 11.17 (83) at Domain Stadium
R23, 2014, Fremantle 16.9 (105) d Port Adelaide 14.13 (97) at Domain Stadium
R8, 2014, Port Adelaide 13.16 (94) d Fremantle 11.10 (76) at Adelaide Oval
THE SIX POINTS
1. Port Adelaide are ranked second for tackles this season, averaging 78.5 per game. Fremantle is ranked sixth with 72.6 per game.
2. Fremantle and Port Adelaide meet for the 32nd time and the Power holds a narrow advantage, winning 17 games to 14. The Freo Dockers have won seven of the past 10.
3. Port has an advantage over Fremantle for inside 50s this season. Port is ranked third in the AFL, averaging 57.1 per game. Freo is ranked 14th at 48 per game.
4. Port Adelaide has lost five of its past seven at Domain Stadium but has beaten Fremantle seven times in 15 attempts at the venue.
5. Fremantle has kicked a total of 43 goals to 15 in the past two weeks. Fremantle’s score of 23.9 (147) against the Brisbane Lions was their highest score against any team since late 2013.
6. Port skipper Travis Boak (No.25) is ranked eight places higher than Fremantle’s leader David Mundy (No.33) on the Schick AFL Player Ratings. The Freo Dockers' two highest ranked players, Nat Fyfe (No.2) and Aaron Sandilands (No.22), are out injured.
